The one thing Americans dislike most about the Trump presidency is 'everything'

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After sorting poll respondents into two categories — the 36 percent of Americans who approve of President Trump and the 58 percent who don't — the Washington Post/ABC News poll released Sunday asked them to get specific: What is it you most like (for the approvers) or dislike (for the disapprovers) about the Trump presidency?

The 58 percent who disapprove apparently had trouble choosing. In first place with 13 percent is "everything," which is matched only by the "way he talks/acts," an answer almost as all-encompassing.

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(The Washington Post)

The approvers offered more narrow responses — "strong leadership," "speaking his mind," foreign policy, and jobs — but 9 percent also answered "everything." Perhaps notably, the top three answers for each group were not policy-specific.

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Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.